Teamwork
Wednesday 15th, June 2005
Working in a museum...11:08 AMCategory : Teamwork
Location : Columbus, Ohio, USA
One of the most amazing things about
taking over for a legend is the opportunity to sift through the myriad
things left behind in his office. Out of respect, or perhaps for
some more metaphysical reason, for the first couple of weeks I was a little
reticent to disturb much. But this week I have begun to go through
the bookshelves.
So, you ask, What did you find??
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So, you ask, What did you find??
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Tuesday 14th, June 2005
New Gig, Perhaps it is time to blog a little10:56 AMCategory : Teamwork
Location : Columbus, Ohio, USA
A while back, I announced in the Lotus Partner Forum that I was about to become a full time employee at Teamwork Solutions in Columbus, Ohio. In that post I wrote: "Will you still get to speak? Write? Blog? Yes, Yes, and Yes (but No). I will still be allowed to speak, write, and continue not updating my blog (as I do today)." Well this moning I arrived in the office to find that my business cards have arrived, and on them is my blog address. Do you think Scott might be telling me something????
First, let me start by saying that being an employee again after 13 years as an owner has been quite a change. In some ways it is easier than I expected. Scott Good and Steve Branam, the owners of Teamwork Solutions are excellent people for whom to work. I have quickly become an integral part of their team. Other things, like having to report time every single day, are not so easy, but alas it is part of the commitment for which there is a nice carrot in the form of a regular and predictable paycheck..
ProcessIt!, our flagship product is an awesome tool and is full of technical gems created by Bill Ernest and Scott. I am having great fun discovering the capabilities and finding how to leverage them. To date, I have helped resolve several issues for clients that involved some very creative coding. That is why I took this job, and why I am really glad I did.
The biggest challenge so far is one of style. Bill's development style and techniques were vary different than mine. Yet, I am finding that despite the total absence of type checking (Option Declare) and very limited comments in the code, I am beginning to follow his logic and process so that I can effectively support his code. This is great fun and very satisfying. I hope to be able to cerate some examples and blog about them as time goes on.
Meanwhile, it is time to go to work...
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